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Common Suffixes
Suffix
-a, -ae
-able, -ible
-acious
-ade
-age
-al, -ial
-an
-ance, -ence
-ancy, -ency
-ant
-ant, -ent
-ar, -er, -or
-arian
-arium, -orium
-ary, -ory
-ation, -ion
-ative
-ble
-cle
-crat
-cule
-cy
-dom
-ectomy
-ed
-ee
-eer
-en
-en
-ence
-enne
-ent
Meaning
plural
is, can be
inclined to
action or process
action or process
having characteristics of
relating to
state or quality of
state or quality of
inclined to
one who
one who
one who
place for
place for
state or quality of
inclined to
repeated action
small
person of power
small
state or quality of
state or quality of
surgical removal of
past-tense verbs
object of action
person
made of
to make
state or quality of
female
one who
Example
data, criteria, memoranda, alumnae, algae, formulae
comfortable, learnable, walkable, climbable, perishable, durable, gullible, combustible
loquacious, mendacious, audacious, fallacious
blockade, promenade, escapade
marriage, voyage, pilgrimage, blockage, rummage
final
urban, American, veteran, Hawaiian, metropolitan
repentance, annoyance, resistance, violence, absence, reticence
buoyance, truancy, vacancy, vagrancy, frequency, clemency, expediency, consistency
vigilant, pleasant, defiant, buoyant, observant
servant, immigrant, assistant, merchant, regent, superintendent, resident
beggar, liar, teacher, painter, seller, shipper, doctor, actor, editor
librarian, humanitarium, libertarian
aquarium, planetarium, solarium, auditorium
library, mortuary, informary, laboratory, conservatory
desperation, starvation, inspiration, tension, caution, attention, fascination, companion
demonstrative, pejorative, talkative
stumble, squabble, mumble, tumble, fumble
corpuscle, particle, icicle, cubicle
democrat, autocrat
minuscule, molecule
accuracy, bankruptcy, conspiracy
freedom, boredom, martyrdom, wisdom
tonsillectomy, appendectomy, mastectomy
wanted
payee, lessee, employee
engineer, puppeteer, auctioneer
enliven
strengthen, fasten, lengthen, frighten, weaken
violence, absence, reticence, abstinence
comedienne, equestrienne, tragedienne
superintendent, resident, regent
Suffix
-er
-er
-er
-er, -or
-er, -or
-ern
-ery
-ery, -ry
-ese
-esque
-ess
-est
-et
-etic
-ette
-eur
-ful
-hood
-i
-ial, -ian
-ic
-ic, -ical
-ics
-ide, -ine
-ify
-ina, -ine
-ing
-ion, -tion, -ation, ition
-ious
-ish
-ism
-ist
Meaning
more
action or process
one who
person connected with
comparative
direction
state or quality of
trade or occupation
state or quality of
relating to
one who (female)
most by comparison
small
relating to
small (female)
one who
full of
state or quality of
plural
relating to
having characteristics of
relating to
scientific or social system
chemical compound
to make
female
verb form/present participle
Example
smarter, closer, lighter, quicker, softer, luckier
murder, plunder, waiver, flounder, thunder
teacher, painter, seller, shipper
teacher
bigger
eastern, western, northern, postern
bravery, savagery, forgery, slavery
surgery, archery, sorcery, dentistry
Japanese, Chinese, Portuguese, Siamese
statuesque, picturesque, Romanesque
princess, waitress, countess, hostess, actress
biggest, smartest, closest, lightest, quickest, softest, luckiest
midget, sonnet, bassinet, cygnet
alphabetic, dietetic, frenetic, athletic, sympathetic
dinette, cigarette, diskette, majorette
chauffeur, connoisseur, masseur
joyful, fearful, careful, sorrowful, thoughtful, cheerful
childhood, adulthood, falsehood, nationhood
alumni, foci
filial, commercial, remedial, barbarian, Christian
comic
comic, historic, poetic, public, rhetorical, economical
physics, economics, politics, statistic, demographics
fluoride, peroxide, sulfide, iodine, chlorine, quinine
satisfy, terrify, falsify, beautify, villify
czarina, ballerina, Wilhelmina, heroine, Josephine
playing
act, process
state or quality of
relating to
doctrine of
one who practices
action
gracious, ambitious, religious, nutritious, delicious
childish, fiftyish, bookish, selfish
capitalism, socialism, communism, patriotism
biologist, capitalist, communist, philanthropist
Suffix
-itis
-ity, -ty
-ive
-ive, -ative, -itive
-ization
-ize
-less
-like
-ling
-ly
-ly
-mat
-ment
-most
-ness
-oid
-ology
-orium
-ory
-ose
-osis
-ous
Meaning
inflammation of
state or quality of
inclined to
adjective form of a noun
state or quality of
to make
without
resembling
small
characteristic of
resembling
automatic machine
action or process
most
state or quality of
resembling
study of
place for
place for
sugars
abnormal increase
full of
Example
laryngitis, arthritis, bronchitis, appendicitis
activity, necessity, civilityk, parity, loyalty, honesty, amnesty, unity
active, passive, negative, restive, positive
attentive
civilization, standardization, organization
standardize, computerize, popularize, pulverize
hopeless, thoughtless, tireless, joyless, ageless, careless
lifelike, homelike, childlike, computerlike
duckling, yearling, suckling, fledgling
friendly
fatherly, scholarly, motherly, sisterly, brotherly
laundromat, vendomat
enjoyment, government, development, experiment
utmost, westernmost, innermost, foremost
kindness, happiness, goodness, darkness, fullness
humanoid, asteroid, paranoid, planetoid
biology, etymology, psychology, zoology
auditorium, emporium
laboratory, conservatory, purgatory
glucose, sucrose, fructose, dextrose
tuberculosis, fibrosis
joyous, virtuous, nervous, wondrous
-ous, -eous, -ious
-s, -es
-ship
-some
-th, -eth
-tion
-trix
-ulent
-und
-uous
possessing the qualities of
plurals
state or quality of
inclined to
numbers
state or quality of
female
full of
state or quality of
state or quality of
serious
boys
friendship, hardship, citizenship, internship
meddlesome, awesome, tiresome, fulsome
fifth, twelfth, twentieth, fiftieth
attention, caution, fascination
aviatrix, executrix
turbulent, corpulent, fraudulent, truculent
rotund, fecund, moribund, jocund
contemptuous, tempestuous, sensuous, vacuous
Suffix
-ure
-ward
-ways
-wise
-wright
-y
Meaning
action or process
direction
manner
manner, direction
one who works with
characterized by, having
Example
censure, procure, endure, inure, secure
forward, backward, eastward, upward, onward
sideways, longways, crossways
clockwise, lengthwise, counterclockwise
playwright, shipwright, wheelwright
fruity, sunny, rainy, funny, gooey, chewy